ReviewWomen's midlife health2015
Recent evidence exploring the associations between physical activity and menopausal symptoms in midlife women: perceived risks and possible health benefits.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of physical activity on depressive and anxiety symptoms of women in the menopausal transition and menopause: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Ovarian hormone loss modifies the nucleic acid cargo of circulating extracellular vesicles and skeletal muscle metabolism after acute exercise in rats.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Age at menopause and risk of sarcopenia in postmenopausal women: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Middle-aged Korean women's experiences of physical activity during the transition to menopause: a grounded theory approach.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Impact of a 12-week obesity intervention on menopausal symptoms and psychological well-being across menopause stages: a cross-sectional analysis.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Quality of life among Tunisian women across different menopausal stages.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
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- Estrogen deficiency reduces maximal running capacity and affects serotonin levels differently in the hippocampus and nucleus accumbens in response to acute exercise.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Functional Training and Dual-Task Training Improve the Executive Function of Older Women.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The AHAWOMEN project: study protocol of a multi-design research for exploring HAPA predictors of exercise in postmenopausal women.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Detrimental Changes in Health during Menopause: The Role of Physical Activity.International journal of sports medicine · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Educational Intervention Based on Transtheoretical Model on Physical Activity and Menopausal Symptoms.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Can Resistance Exercise Be a Tool for Healthy Aging in Post-Menopausal Women with Type 1 Diabetes?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Menopausal symptoms, physical activity level and quality of life of women living in the Mediterranean region.PloS one · 2020Observational
- Physical Activity and Physical Function: Moving and Aging.Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America · 2018Review
- The relationship between health-promoting lifestyle and sleep quality in postmenopausal women.BioMedicine · 2018Article
- Health Promoting Lifestyle Behaviors in Menopausal Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.Global journal of health science · 2016Article
- Examining reactivity to the measurement of physical activity and sedentary behavior among women in midlife with elevated risk for cardiovascular disease.Psychology & healthObservational
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Abstract
Although the health benefits of physical activity are well established, the prevalence of midlife women accumulating sufficient physical activity to meet current physical activity guidelines is strikingly low, as shown in United States (U.S.) based surveillance systems that utilize either (or both) participant-reported and device-based (i.e., accelerometers) measures of activity. For midlife women, these low prevalence estimates may be due, in part, to a general lack of time given more pressing work commitments and family obligations. Further, the benefits or "
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